Posts by joey jojo

My post may have seemed a little cynical, and it is, but I also wanted to add that I try to respect all people regardless of race, gender identity, or whatever.

I also understand that gender is a spectrum and some people may genuinely feel like they are born into the wrong body, which would create a lot of anxiety for them. If someone feels they are a man , woman or neither, I am willing to accept their decision.

The line I baulk at crossing is accepting the made up pronouns. I don't really have a problem with his, hers or they because it can describe everyone.

Made up pronouns smack of narcissism to me. Someone is trying to tell me that their human experience transcends the normal life most of us have, and therefore, they cant possibly be classified with the rest of us and must be referred to by using exalted pronouns. I can imagine extremely creative types reinventing themselves once in a while and changing their pronouns to suit.

Loveuni mentioned that this has forced compelled speech. People are forced to accept that someone is a man, for example, when everything their brain and life experience is telling them is the opposite. You are being forced to reject your own perception of the world.

On the subject of prison, this is causing real problems because a male sex offender simply has to say, 'I identify as a woman, and I feel I should be put into a female prison', and they have to be taken seriously.

The whole pronoun debate has only really kicked off over the last few years, so a lot of people may not have had to deal with it, but it definitely has the potential to cause some real problems. As someone wise once said, 'this is what happens when you don't have to chop your own firewood'.

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Transgender sues - because they were ALLOWED to change sex!!!

by The Fall Guy in

you couldn't make this up!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51676020.

the emperor's transgender's new clothes syndrome = don't dare define their problem as being psychological, otherwise you're transphobic!.

joey jojo

Ive had some experience with this issue at my workplace.

Has anyone heard of pronoun badges? It displays your name and then your preferred pronoun, such as his/hers or they, if you aren't sure.

But it doesn't stop there.

Whatever you decide to be known as is now how people must describe you when they are talking about you in the third person, to deliberately not do so is discriminatory.

For example, 'Bob works really hard, they deserve a raise.' Yes, 'they' is how you describe a single person, not a group. Bob has decided he doesn't want to be known as a male, even though that is his birth gender and he hasn't gone through gender reassignment. It is all about how Bob feels. He is free to change his mind , of course, and it is up to all of us to keep up with Bobs preferred pronoun.

But wait, theres more. You can also decide to choose a made up pronoun, some examples are xie, zir and zem. If you don't like that, you can choose a cosmic pronoun to describe yourself. New York city now recognises about 30 different pronouns.

On the subject of puberty blockers, why is it ok for kids to make this decision? It reminds me so much of the blood issue, which is the argument about children not having the mental capacity to decide for themselves if a medical procedure is ok for them. When I was a kid, I dressed up as superman and identified as superman.

Its 2020 folks, get with the program. By the way, my pronouns this week are Lord, or His Worship.

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Circuit Overseer to Answer My Questions + Concerns...or Not

by Research in

hello all, i'm 'researching', a jw who is in the first steps of taking a look at their beliefs.. i've semi-recently (about a couple weeks ago) heard about the sexual abuse cases (pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation request) and then the arc in 2015. this lead to a deep investigation, which lead to many questions arising.

a jw friend of mine suggested i be careful (due to apostates) and ask the brothers.

so i typed up my questions + concerns and emailed an elder my mother has known for a long time.

joey jojo

Hi Research,

I'm probably just just echoing statements made here already but just be prepared to receive cold, conditioned resonses to all your queries.

Most of your current jw friends will not talk about your concerns in any meaningful, thoughtful way and you will be left feeling unsatisfied.

You are going to hear a lot of wait on jehovah and do you believe that the gb are gods representatives on earth. Also, the old classic, where else will you go?

All the best.

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Karate

by Iamallcool in

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i would also like to have wt articles that talk about karate!

thanks!

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joey jojo

Heres the problem - or one of many that's wrong with these type of articles.

Good JW parents will read this and be convinced that it would be wrong to let their kids learn self-defence.

The first myth is that everyone that learns karate or other forms of martial arts are killing machines. They are not. Most people learn these skills for self-defence, discipline and fitness, a tiny percentage of people that learn how to fight actually compete in the ring. Most people will never have a fight of any kind, either on the street, or a competitive fight.

The next myth is that learning how to fight makes people violent. Good instructors teach discipline and self-control, respect for the gym and fellow students. Students are taught never to fight except for defence and I know trainers that do not welcome students to their gym if they are thugs.

Every jw article I have read depicts the karate guy as some kind of dangerous, deadly assassin, always ready to fight. Its actually quite funny.

If you are a parent reading this, let your kid learn these skills, self defence is a life skill. Go with them to the gym, encourage their progress and meet their new friends.

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How Satan has helped the WT

by joey jojo in

satan is the number one enemy of gods chosen ones a.k.a.

the jw's.. as far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true christians.

with that in mind, why has satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

joey jojo

10 or 12 year old child? 🤔

Thanks Smiddy. I thought we were friends. 😊

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How Satan has helped the WT

by joey jojo in

satan is the number one enemy of gods chosen ones a.k.a.

the jw's.. as far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true christians.

with that in mind, why has satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

joey jojo

Good point Pete,

Its as if its a blessing to lose all 10 children and everything you own. Maybe Job lived long enough to have more kids and a good life but what about his kids, who weren't quite so lucky because of a bet between god and satan?

Here it is directly from My book of bible stories:

‘He is faithful,’ Satan argued, ‘because you bless him and he has many good things. But if you take these away, he will curse you.’

So Jehovah said: ‘Go ahead. Take them away. Do all the bad things you want to Job. We will see if he curses me. Only be sure that you do not kill him.’

First, Satan had men steal Job’s cattle and camels, and his sheep were killed. Then he killed his 10 sons and daughters in a storm. Next, Satan struck Job with this terrible sickness. Job suffered very much. That is why Job’s wife told him: ‘Curse God and die.’ But Job would not do it. Also, three false friends came and told him he had lived a bad life. But Job kept faithful.

This made Jehovah very happy, and afterward he blessed Job, as you can see in the picture. He healed him from his sickness. Job had 10 more beautiful children, and twice as many cattle, sheep and camels as he had before.

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How Satan has helped the WT

by joey jojo in

satan is the number one enemy of gods chosen ones a.k.a.

the jw's.. as far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true christians.

with that in mind, why has satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

joey jojo

Satan is the number one enemy of Gods chosen ones a.k.a. the JW's.

As far as they are concerned, this whole world belongs to the devil and is designed by him to make life hard for true Christians.

With that in mind, why has Satan made it easier than ever before to preach the good news?

Web based applications across multiple platforms means anyone armed with a smartphone -and these days that means pretty much everyone, can now access the abundant spiritual feast provided by the hard working slave. You don't even require a JW to knock at your door.

Video presentations, an online bible library, WT publications library, fancy new songs in almost any genre that turns you on - except heavy metal and rap of course- all available at the press of a button. You can even donate online to show your appreciation for the amazing abundance.

Without Satan and his world full of higher education, encouraging people to learn skills that can actually help the human race, none of this would be possible.

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Not invited to congregation “get togethers”. They finally said it

by solomon in

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we don’t get many invitations to congregational social gatherings.

we don’t attend midweek meetings and miss about 1/3 of sunday meetings.

we go in service at least once a month.

joey jojo

When I hit my teenage years I stated to notice the divisions in the cong.

Doing your best just isn't good enough if you aren't at least doing the average.

Even if you are a genuine dub, you can be treated like this and then they will still put it all on you if you withdraw because of the lack of genuine love. It's another way to control minds and behaviour.

However, if you are a newly interested person, congregation members will literally line up to spread your butt cheeks apart and stick their tongue in as far as they can, just signal their virtue to everyone else.

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What scripture or scriptures did the cult use to imply animals vegetarian?

by Crazyguy2 in

when i was a kid they implied that all animals and humans were vegetarian before the flood but i don’t know the scriptures they used, anyone know?

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joey jojo

You only need to take one look at a lion or tiger to see they are designed for one thing, catching and tearing warm blooded mammals to pieces. Cats have to eat meat to survive, they literally cannot eat plants long term and survive.

If this was different before the flood, then that means God changed creatures from their original designs. This would imply that God worked during his own, self- imposed sabbath, which then raises more questions.